Why Do Polls Suggest Republicans Want To Fight And Democrats Want To Compromise

[DemocratSinceBirth]

I am in favor of working with people who want to work with me but if you spit in my eye I won't call it mist.

What's up with that?

[Mz Pip]

1. Because it's true?

How many more times do Democrats need to have the game ball yanked away before they get it that Lucy will never ever change no matter what she says.

Democrats are Charlie Brown.
Republicans are Lucy.

Dumb, silly, comic analogy, but true none the less.

[Hoyt]

2. Used to work with a Republican. Negotiating with him sucked. I usually just said, "OK."

Not suggesting we do that now, but it was just disgusting dealing with him. I lost a lot of money giving in, but why go through that crud with people who are despicable.

We need to make the look as "bad" as they try to make us look.

[Pholus]

6. As a kid I used to be beat up regularly by a bunch of guys who likely grew up to be Republican.

This was in a rural part of the country in the 70's when nobody really worried about bullying. Just like today, it wasn't healthy to appear literate and so I became a nice target for liking the library too much.

For a long time I just took it. It was pretty small scale stuff, being shoved to the ground, books dumped, chased home from school, threatened with weapons (chains and pencils) and occasionally being hit but not enough to leave marks. Living that way sucked and I felt horrible about myself.

After a while (and going to a different school when my parents pulled me out) I learned something. Another group started the same thing but this time I got up the courage to smack the ringleader square in the nose. Drew blood. They really beat the shit out of me that time, but you know what? I didn't feel a thing because I'd gotten a small measure of my own justice out of it. And at that point the new school got involved and my life improved a lot.

Sometimes it doesn't matter what the odds are -- you just have to fight on principle so you can look at yourself in the mirror.

That pretty much seems to be the core of my dissatisfaction with my president right now. Knuckling under to the mob doesn't leave you a lot of self respect at the end of the day.

[TheKentuckian]

3. "Sensible Centrist" love to capitulate and some of the peacenik types are conflict adverse.

Republicans are of course assholes.

[Skittles]

4. what's with Dems trying to compromise with rabid dogs?

do they ever learn a fucking lesson???

[tulsakatz]

5. that's true........

I don't mind compromise if that's really what will happen but I doubt that will happen.

Compromise is when both sides give up something. If only one side is willing to negotiate, that's not compromise, that's giving in! That's not what I want and I doubt if there are any democrats anywhere who would disagree with that!

Personally, I don't care if no one gets tax cuts, I would not be willing to give in to republicans on this point.....no matter how long it takes!! Let them bitch and moan about how mean, old Obama is preventing them from giving millions of dollars to their rich friends.....go on and cry Boner, we know that's whats coming next!